Presidents do not.
whatever it is that “presidents do not”, I can safely say that they “do not” do it twice. :>)
Too easy to check, SoFlo. Bush vs Kerry at exactly the same May time frame as now. Notice that Bush (who won) is polling under 50%, and in fact was polling just about where Obama is right now. Even at the time of the election, Bush polled 49% or lower in 10 of the last 12 polls. BUT, he was polling higher than Kerry. The article is shown to be correct in its research. Dick Morris is shown again to be a Trojan Horse (But FoxNews loves the man for some reason.)
So, the research in the article is right. This ONE example proves it for a presidential campaign. And, it's a recent presidential election.
Data is from the archives of Real Clear Politics
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43%
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43%
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4%
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TIE
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46%
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46%
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4%
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TIE
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41%
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47%
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5%
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Kerry +6
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40%
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40%
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3%
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TIE
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TIPP/IBD
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5/12-5/18
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42%
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41%
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7%
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Bush +1
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42%
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43%
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5%
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Kerry +1
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45%
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46%
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6%
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Kerry +1
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42%
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47%
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3%
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Kerry +5
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44%
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49%
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6%
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Kerry +5
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47%
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45%
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5%
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Bush +2
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43%
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46%
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6%
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Kerry +3
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45%
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41%
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5%
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Bush +4
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